Descripción del sitio
This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Bibi Khanum Mosque - Masjid-i-Jami
1398-1405
Timurid
Photo of the mosque from the street after its dome and Ivan had been restored (1990s)
Photo Archnet.org
Before the last reconstruction (19870s-80s) only four massive fragments like enormous teeth and a minaret had survived of this mosque. The broken dome is hidden by the ivan. Soviet photo from 1968.